MAEGZ Converter

Extract text from Molecular structure files (MAEGZ)


Drop or upload your .MAEGZ file
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How to extract text from your MAEGZ file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MAEGZ file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MAEGZ to another file type

To convert MAEGZ Molecular structures to another format, you need Schrödinger Maestro or other Data software.

Convert a file to MAEGZ

To convert other file formats to the "Chemical Structure File" file type, you need software like Schrödinger Maestro or a similar tool.


About MAEGZ files

A .MAEGZ file is a compressed molecular structure file used primarily by the Schrödinger Maestro computational chemistry suite. Technically, it is a standard text-based MAE file that has been compressed using GZIP to reduce file size - critical when handling large libraries of ligands or complex protein structures in drug discovery pipelines. While this compression is efficient for internal Schrödinger workflows, it introduces a layer of friction for researchers using third-party tools. You cannot simply open a .MAEGZ file in a text editor to check atom coordinates or properties, and many open-source visualization tools like VMD or generic molecular viewers may fail to parse the compressed stream directly without a license-restricted plugin. To collaborate effectively or use the data in web-based viewers, you typically need to convert these files. For editing and visualizing in non-proprietary software, converting to PDB (Protein Data Bank) or SDF is the standard approach. For simple data inspection, decompressing the file back to MAE restores readability.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MAEGZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted FCA, LBD, FIB and SDF files.


FAQ

If you want to convert MAEGZ file to SDF, you can use Schrödinger Maestro or similar software from the "Molecular Structure Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to MAEGZ, try Schrödinger Maestro or another comparable tool in the "Molecular Structure Storage" category.



The MAEGZ Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MAEGZ converter.